10/4/2014 — RECRUITMENT: From 12:00 am until 11:59 pmEastern Time all recruits will send in a 35 word pitch for their completed and POLISHED manuscript. One manuscript per entrant. All genres are welcomed in age categories Middle Grade and up.

10/6/2014 — BASIC TRAINING: From 12:00 am until 11:59 pm eastern, send in the first 250 words of the SAME completed and polished manuscript. In order to participate in Basic Training you have to have entered Recruitment.

10/9/2014 — COMBAT DRILLS: From12:00 amuntil 11:59 pm eastern,send in the revised 35 word pitch AND first 250 words from the SAME completed and polished manuscript from the previous rounds. You will need to have entered both previous rounds to take part in this round. Captains will make selections from entries received during Combat Drills.

10/13/2014 — SUIT UP!: The Squad Captains will post their chosen recruits on their blogs for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, who will have two days to make their requests. Agent requests will be moderated and will NOT be visible until after 5:00 pm easter time 10/14/2014.

TO SUBMIT DURING ALL ROUNDS, EMAIL ENTRIES TO:

PitchSlamContest (at) gmail (dot) com

Please type Pitch Slam: TITLE into the subject line for each round.

***Any entries received before or after the submission times will be deleted unread.***

Unlike like some of the other Twit-slams, no pitching directly to the agents via Twitter through #PitchSlam.

You're submission gets viewed, critiqued, and refined by other writers -- a.k.a. Captains (which includes AQC veteran members @Michelle4Laughs) -- for a chance to make the cut and get passed onto the participating agents.